In our church culture, those who operate in the gifts of the Spirit seem to lack the fruit which we must possess.
The gifts of the Spirit are:
- words of wisdom;
- words of knowledge
- faith
- healing
- miracle-working
- prophesy
- distinguishing of spirits
- speaking in tongues
- interpretation of tongues
The fruit of the Spirit are
- love
- joy
- peace
- longsuffering
- gentleness
- goodness
- faith
- meekness
- temperance
People as well as God are judging us by our fruit. They are inspecting it with superior insight - insight much better than we do ourselves. We must learn to operate in love, hope, faith, humility, controlled attitudes and being patient with gentleness and good outlook on life.
The gifts are given to us to operate spiritually. The fruit are given to us to operate naturally, relationally, and socially. Operate in the fruit of the spirit. It is by your fruit people see and remember.